Briton charged in Uganda over gay sex ‘will be deported’

A retired Briton charged in Uganda after images of him having sex with a man were published in a newspaper is now expected to be deported back to the UK.

Bernard Randall, 65, and his Ugandan partner Albert Cheptoyek, 30, had a trial date set this month in Entebbe for December 4. They were charged after the images appeared in a Ugandan newspaper following the theft of Mr Randall’s laptop during a break-in at his holiday home.

The Independent today reported that the Ugandan authorities have now refused Mr Randall an extension to his visa, and he faces deportation, possibly next week.

The retired computer analyst, from Faversham, Kent, believes the visa issue has been used by the Ugandan authorities “at the highest level” to prevent them being seen as anti-homosexual.

Friends of Mr Randall have been campaigning to get him back to the UK, and he is supported by comedian Stephen Fry and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.